EP2795410A1 - Procede de realisation d'un composant - Google Patents
Procede de realisation d'un composantInfo
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- EP2795410A1 EP2795410A1 EP12810282.9A EP12810282A EP2795410A1 EP 2795410 A1 EP2795410 A1 EP 2795410A1 EP 12810282 A EP12810282 A EP 12810282A EP 2795410 A1 EP2795410 A1 EP 2795410A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a component part, said component comprises at least one recess extending in said component from at least one of the surfaces of said component.
- these bare areas of the substrate are etched to dig them.
- the chemical agent is chosen to attack only the substrate material and not the unmodified light-sensitive resin. The duration of this chemical etching step makes it possible to determine the dimensions of the recesses.
- microtechnical parts are made by machining and / or polishing so that a drill or polisher can be used to shape said parts.
- a first disadvantage of this chemical etching technique is that it does not allow to make recesses with straight flanks. Indeed, the resulting hollows have inclined or rounded flanks. This means that the surface of the hollow varies according to the depth that is to say that this surface grows or shrinks as and when as the hollow becomes deep. Generally this surface narrows with depth. This finding makes it necessary to adapt the theoretical calculations made to obtain right-sided hollows. Moreover, this variation of the profile of the recesses between the theory and the practice entails a variation of the characteristics.
- a second disadvantage of these techniques of chemical etching or machining is that they do not make it possible to produce complex structures in depth. Indeed, the chemical etching only allows to make recesses on the surface because the inclination of the flanks prevent going deep.
- the use of a polisher and a drill does not allow the realization of complex internal structures. For example, the realization of a single-piece ruby timepiece bearing that is to say composed of a single stone pierced with a blind hole is possible but this bearing can not be lubricated for lack of having the structures needed to store the lubricant.
- the invention aims to overcome the drawbacks cited above by providing a manufacturing method for producing a component comprising recesses having sidewalls and internal structures and this not only on the surface.
- the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a component in a substrate, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- An advantage of the present invention is to make it possible to make recesses lying below the surface because the material used is chosen as being transparent to the laser. This allows the laser to be able to point to any point on the surface or under the surface of the component. The material is then made selective so that the subsequent chemical attack only operates on the laser modified material. A method is thus obtained which makes it possible to produce complex and internal recesses.
- the method further comprises the step:
- the substrate is made of transparent material at the wavelength of the laser.
- the duration of the pulses of the laser range from femtosecond to picosecond.
- the substrate is made of monocrystalline material.
- the substrate is made of polyconstalline material. In another advantageous embodiment, the substrate is made of polymer.
- the substrate is made of an amorphous material such as a ceramic or a glass.
- the component is a watchmaking component.
- the component is a timepiece bearing.
- the substrate comprises a blind hole made prior to the step of modifying the structure.
- said bearing further comprises at least one recess.
- said at least one recess is a blind hole.
- said at least one recess is used as a reservoir for the storage of a lubricant, said at least one recess extending at least from the surface of the hole.
- said at least one recess further comprises at least one channel (202) connecting said at least one reservoir to said hole.
- said at least one recess is used to form an elastic structure (206).
- said elastic structure comprises a central portion arranged so that the shank of an axis can be inserted therein and at least one elastic arm extending from said central portion.
- the component is a resonator comprising a body used in deformation.
- the resonator comprises a base from which extend at least two parallel arms each having an upper face and a lower face.
- the body is a bar wound on itself by forming a hairspring
- the resonator further comprises at least one recess made on one of the faces of said body.
- the component is an anchor pallet.
- the present invention also relates to a timepiece component arranged to cooperate with an axis, said component comprising a hole in which a tigeron of said axis is inserted, characterized in that said component comprises at least one recess extending in said component from at least one of the surfaces of the hole.
- said at least one recess comprises at least one reservoir intended to contain liquid.
- said at least one recess further comprises at least one channel connecting said at least one reservoir to said hole.
- said at least one recess extends to form an elastic structure.
- said recess is arranged so that the component comprises a cylindrical piece comprising an annular flange, a central portion and resilient arms connecting the central portion to the annular flange, the central portion comprising the hole.
- said component comprises at least two recesses, at least one recess comprises at least one reservoir intended to contain liquid and at least one recess extends so as to form an elastic structure.
- the present invention also relates to an anchor pallet intended to cooperate with the teeth of an escape wheel of a clockwork movement, said pallet comprising a leakage plane, a rest plane and a pulse plane and at least one main channel connecting the leakage plane to said rest plane, characterized in that said pallet further comprises a tank communicating with said channel so that all of the necessary lubricant can be stored in said at least one main channel and said tank.
- the pallet further comprises at least one secondary channel connecting said at least one main channel to the pulse plane.
- FIG. 1 and 2 show schematically a pivot system according to the prior art
- FIG. 3 schematically shows the pivot system according to the present invention
- FIGS 4 and 5 show schematically the first embodiment of the pivot system according to the present invention
- Figures 6 and 7 schematically show a first embodiment of the second embodiment of the pivot system according to the present invention
- Fig. 8 schematically shows a second embodiment of the second embodiment of the pivot system according to the present invention.
- Figures 9 and 10 show schematically a first variant of the pivot system according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 11A to 11D show schematically the steps of the method according to the present invention.
- Figure 12 schematically shows a front view of a resonator according to the prior art
- Figure 13 schematically shows a front view of a resonator using the method according to the present invention
- Figure 14 schematically shows a top view of a resonator using the method according to the present invention
- Figure 15 schematically shows a front view of a variant of the resonator using the method according to the present invention
- Figure 1 6 schematically shows a top view of another variant of the resonator using the method according to the present invention
- Figure 17 schematically shows a known pallet pallet
- Figure 18 schematically shows an anchor pallet according to the present invention
- Figure 19 schematically shows a variant of the anchor pallet according to the present invention.
- Figure 20 schematically shows a spiral resonator according to the present invention.
- Figure 3 schematically shows a timepiece component according to the present invention.
- the component 101 is a timepiece component.
- the component 101 is a timepiece bearing, that is to say an element serving as a pivot for an axis of said timepiece.
- This bearing 101 is a part of a pivot system 100 comprising a support 102, whose base comprises a hole 108 for the passage of the balance shaft terminated by a tigeron.
- the support 102 comprises a housing 103 so that the bearing 101 can be housed therein.
- This bearing 101 is fixed in the housing 106 by attachment means 105. These attachment means 105 may be elastic or not.
- the bearing 101 is a one-piece piece which is in the form of a cylindrical or discoidal piece 1010 comprising an upper face 101 1, a lower face 1012 and a circular wall 1013. Bearing also includes at least one recess 200 located at the lower face 1012. This recess may be for example the hole 107 in which the axis of the spindle is inserted.
- the bearing 101 may have any shape such as parallelepiped or triangular shape or any other possible form.
- the component 101 is directly integrated into a timepiece bridge. The bridge then serves as a substrate in which the bearing 101 is made.
- the present invention proposes to provide a manufacturing method.
- the focus will be on making the recess 200.
- a substrate here the component 101, ie the bearing, without the recess 200 is made. It will be understood that this stage 101 is previously realized.
- This bearing 101 is made according to the most appropriate method depending on the material constituting it, called here first material, such as machining or polishing.
- a second step is to provide a laser (L) whose pulse duration is here of the order of the femtosecond that is to say 10 "15 seconds (typically 100 fs). go from the femtosecond to the picosecond (10 "12 seconds).
- This laser (L) is then used to modify the structure of said bearing 101 as visible in Figure 1 1 B.
- the first material is chosen to be transparent to the laser. This makes it possible to point, with the focusing point (P) of the laser (L), a point (P) which can be on or under the surface of the bearing 101.
- the first material may be a monocrystalline material such as quartz, sapphire or synthetic ruby, or a polyconstarch material such as polycrystalline ruby or an amorphous material such as a glass such as silica or a ceramic. It is also conceivable to produce a polymer component.
- the focusing point (P) is then moved towards the bearing 101 at the level of areas on or below the bearing surface in a defined structure to be realized. All this is done in a predetermined or desired sequence to locally cause a change in the structure of the material by multi-photon absorption. Indeed, the modification of the material structure by multi-photon absorption requires a very high energy density.
- the third step is to bring a chemical agent.
- This chemical agent is chosen to allow zones Z1 whose structure is modified to be dissolved more quickly than zones Z2 whose structure has not been modified.
- the attack velocity of the zones Z1 whose structure has been modified by the focusing point (P) of the laser (L) is greater than the attack speed of the zones Z2 whose structure has not has been modified by the laser (L).
- the local modification of the structure by the focusing point (P) of the femtosecond laser (L) makes it possible to choose a chemical agent that is more reactive to the modified zones Z1 than to the unmodified zones Z2.
- the present method makes it possible to produce internal structures, but the present method requires that the chemical agent be able to access zones Z1 whose structure is modified. With a zone Z1 whose structure is modified on the surface, said chemical agent is allowed to directly dissolve the modified zones Z1. Nevertheless, it is conceivable that zones Z1 whose structure has been modified are not located on the surface but just below the surface. The chemical agent then dissolves the few unmodified zones Z2 separating said chemical agent from the modified zones Z1 in order subsequently to allow them to dissolve.
- each recess 200 of the bearing 101 will lead to a surface or be close to a surface. Nevertheless, it is conceivable that the different recesses are connected to each other by a common surface so that the dissolution is transmitted to the different recesses 200. Once all Z1 modified zones dissolved, said bearing 101 is out of the bath.
- a fourth step is to clean said bearing 101 so that all chemical agent residues are removed so that the chemical reaction is permanently stopped.
- An advantage of the present invention is that it is as well adapted for the small series as for the large series. Indeed, the etching step is suitable for both the small series of a few substrates at a time and for the large series, that is to say a large number of substrates at a time.
- the advantage of this method is therefore to make it possible to make small-size recesses 200 directly in the structure of the bearing 101, which conventional machining can not do. Indeed, a bearing 101 of a timepiece has very small dimensions of the order of millimeter and mechanically machining recesses 200 in the structure is too complex. However, with the method according to the present invention, it becomes easy to dig inside the bearing 101.
- the bearing 101 without the hole 107 in which the axle shank is inserted can be machined beforehand with known methods and that the method according to the present invention is used to realize the hole 107 and other recesses 200.
- the method described can be used to make the recesses 200 in a bearing 101 in which the hole 107 is made beforehand. It is possible that the method can be used, from a substrate, to achieve the entire bearing 101 directly. This is made from a substrate undergoing the process according to the present invention.
- the substrate in which the component 101 is made may be a timepiece bridge in which the bearing is directly integrated so that the bridge and bearing assembly is monobloc.
- the hole 107 in which the axle rod is inserted is pre-machined and the recess or recesses 200 made by the method according to the invention are used for microfluidic applications. .
- this recess 200 is used to contain or allow the circulation of a liquid.
- this recess 200 can be used to store lubricant for lubricating the pin inserted in the hole 107 of the bearing 101 by its tigeron.
- the lubrication allows the reduction of friction and therefore the reduction of losses, allowing either the improvement of the precision of the running of the timepiece or the increase of the power reserve of the timepiece , or both.
- the storage of the lubricant on a bearing 101 consisting of a only stone is impossible. With the method according to the present invention, it is therefore possible to store this lubricant inside the bearing stone 101 by creating at least one recess 200.
- This recess 200 extends from the surface of the hole 107 inwardly of the bearing 101. This allows the lubricant stored in said recess 200 to be able to access the hole 107 and thus the tigeron to be lubricated during the rotation of the axis.
- This recess 200 is arranged to store lubricant that can flow to the axis of the axle.
- the recess 200 comprises at least one cavity 204 and possibly at least one channel 202. Indeed, in a restricted space, said recess will be brought closer to the surface of the hole 107 to have a more compact bearing 101. On the other hand, if the space is not restricted, it is conceivable to have at least one channel for connecting the hole 107 to the cavity 204. In this case, the dimensions of the channel 202 and the cavity 204 are calculated for that the cavity 204 can store the amount of lubricant necessary for the proper lubrication of the bearing 101 and that the channel 202 can deliver the lubricant regularly and in sufficient quantities.
- a single recess 200 with a channel 202 and a cavity 204 is not sufficient, it is possible to provide a plurality of recesses 200 each comprising a cavity 204 and a channel 202 for connecting said cavity 204 to the hole 107. It is also conceivable that a recess 200 may be composed of several cavities 204 each associated with a channel 202 and the different channels 202 meet at a junction point so that the lubricant is delivered to the tigeron by a single outlet. It is also expected that the channel 202 may have a slope so as to naturally bring the lubricant from the cavity 204 to the hole 107.
- the recess comprises an outlet channel 203 opening on another surface of the bearing 101 to facilitate the placing of the lubricant in said cavity 204 as visible in Figure 5. This configuration also facilitates the etching by the chemical agent and the cleaning of the bearing 101.
- the recess 200 made is used to form a structure 206 that can be elastic.
- the cylindrical or discoidal piece 1010 comprises a central portion 214 connected, by at least one elastic arm 21 6, to a peripheral portion or annular flange 212 of the bearing 101.
- the peripheral portion 212 and the central portion 214 have the same height.
- the central portion 214 is cylindrical in shape and has the hole 107 in which the axle shank is inserted.
- Said at least one elastic arm 21 6 may be a blade whose flexibility is modified by varying the dimensions as well as the thickness.
- said at least one arm 21 6 is in the form of a curved arm whose thickness is equal to the height of the cylindrical central portion 214 as can be seen in FIG. 7.
- the structure 206 comprises three arms 21 6 curved whose attachment points, respectively to the flange 212 and the central portion 214, are angularly offset by 120 degrees.
- the recess or recesses 200 form an elastic structure 206.
- This structure 206 comprises a substantially cylindrical recess 200, which may or may not be through, and comprising a wall 222 from which at least two blades 224 extend. These blades 224 are preferably diametrically opposite and extend towards the axial center. of the recess 207. These blades 224 separate said recess 200 in two parts 107, 226.
- a first portion 107 opens on the outside of the bearing and is the hole 107 which serves to accommodate the spindle of the axis.
- the second portion 226 of the recess 200 is used for the movement of the blades 224.
- These at least two blades 224 are, by their implementation, flexible.
- the entire recess 200 is made simultaneously, that is to say that the laser beam (L) is directed so that the focusing point (P) scans the area defining said recesses in order to modify the structure of this recess. zoned.
- the chemical agent is then responsible for dissolving the zone defining said recesses.
- the second portion 207 comprises four flexible blades 224. These blades can be in different horizontal planes.
- a third variant visible in FIGS. 9 and 10 combines the two previous variants so that the bearing comprises both at least one recess 200 forming an elastic structure 206 but also at least one recess 200 forming a cavity 204 for the storage of a lubricant.
- the bearing 101 comprises a structure formed of a central portion 214 connected to the peripheral portion 212 of the bearing by at least one elastic arm 21 6 for shock absorption but which also comprises a cavity 204 serving as reservoir for lubricant to improve the interaction between said bearing and the axle shank.
- the recess 200 serving as a cavity 204 of lubricant can be placed in the central portion 214 of the elastic structure 206 as can be seen in FIG. 10.
- this recess 200 is placed above the hole 107 so that the lubricant can flow by gravity or capillarity into the hole 107.
- a narrow channel 202 can be provided to control the lubricant flow.
- This recess 200 may also take the form of a circular groove located on the wall of the hole 107,
- the recess or recesses 200 for the storage of a lubricant are located at the peripheral portion 212 of said bearing and that the lubricant is supplied to the hole 107 by at least one channel 202 as can be seen in FIG. It will be understood that the channel or channels 202 pass through the elastic arms 21 6 of the elastic structure 206.
- the component manufactured with the method according to the present invention is a resonator 300.
- This resonator comprises a body used in deformation.
- a conventional resonator visible in FIGS. 12 and 14 comprises a base 302 placed on a base 306 and from which at least two parallel arms 304 extend.
- the resonator 300 further comprises, on the base 302, connection pads 309 respectively connected to the electrode groups 308 as shown in FIG. 14.
- Each arm 304 comprises an upper face and a lower face.
- grooves 310 or grooves on these arms 304 In order to improve the characteristics of the resonator 300, it is known to make grooves 310 or grooves on these arms 304. These grooves or grooves 310 make it possible to increase the piezoelectric coupling inducing an increase in the quality factor of the resonator 300. This increase the quality factor causes a decrease in power consumption. This reduction in consumption is a consequence of the reduction of the electrical resistance representing the losses in the equivalent circuit of the resonator 300.
- each arm 304 comprises at least one groove 310, each located on the upper face of the corresponding arm 304.
- the laser whose duration of the pulses is of the order of the femto-second is used to locally modify the structure of the arms 304.
- This modification of the structure makes these zones more selective. This means that these areas are more reactive to certain chemical agents than unmodified zones.
- This chemical etching step consists of immersing the resonator 300 in a chemical solution chosen to selectively attack the zones modified by the laser. Nevertheless, it is possible to choose a chemical solution that will attack modified areas faster than unmodified areas. In this case, the dimensions of the resonator 300 are defined so that the attack of the chemical agent on the unmodified zones is taken into account so as not to alter the final dimensions.
- each arm 304 comprises a single groove 310
- it is placed centrally at the arms 304, the grooves 310 being placed on the same face 314.
- the method according to the present invention makes it possible to produce grooves or grooves 310 offering greater piezoelectric coupling because this method makes it possible to obtain grooves 310 with more vertical flanks 312 as visible in FIG. 13. However, this verticality influences the coupling. in a significative way.
- each face 314, 31 6 of each arm 304 has a groove or groove 310. It will be understood that for a resonator 300 having two arms 304, said resonator 300 comprises four grooves 310. There is then a groove 310 on the upper face 314 of each arm 304 and a groove 310 on the lower face 31 6 of each arm 304. In this variant, the grooves 310 of each arm 304 are opposite to the plane AA 'visible in Figure 15.
- the resonator 300 comprises a third arm 304 so that the resonator 300 has a shape similar to that of a trident.
- This third arm 304 here central, is used for fixing the resonator 300 and more particularly to change its center of gravity.
- this third arm 304 is used as a fixing point so that it is in contact with the base 306 supporting the resonator 300.
- This provision of the third arm 304 which serves as a central arm 304 allows to center the center of gravity and to have a better balance of the resonator 300.
- the method according to the present invention is then used to make said resonator 300 from a substrate.
- the precision of the process according to the present invention makes it possible to produce complex shapes.
- This possibility of making the entire resonator 300 with the method according to the present invention is advantageous because it allows the contours and the grooves 310 to be made in a single step. Of course, this is also possible with a standard two-armed 300 resonator 304.
- At least one recess 200 may be formed on at least one of the faces of said spiral resonator and is in the form of a bath 310 as shown in Figure 20.
- FIG. 17 there is shown an anchor 601 having a conventional structure carrying two pallets 602 (only the output pallet having been shown in Fig. 17).
- the pallet 602 is a generally ruby piece whose all faces are polished and which is driven and glued into a housing 604 formed in the arm 601 of the anchor 601.
- the pallet 602 comprises a pulse plane 602a, a rest plane 602b and a leakage plane 602c, the pulse plane 602a and the leakage plane 602c intersecting each other along an output edge or pulse nose 602d.
- the impulse plane 602a and the rest plane 602b respectively cooperate with the teeth 606 of the escape wheel and more particularly with the rest plane 606a and the stopper 606b of the teeth 606.
- the escape wheel 6 rotates in a conventional manner step by step in the direction of the arrow F.
- Particularly important lubrication points are therefore the pulse plane 602a and the rest plane 602b so that a presence of lubricant between the teeth of the escape wheel and these plans is necessary during the different phases of operation of the exhaust.
- the lubrication consists in disposing a drop of lubricant on the teeth of the escape wheel, which does not allow lubrication to be ensured for a long time since the lubricant is rapidly driven to the resting plane. 602b of the pallet 602 on which it accumulates, so that it is no longer available for the desired lubrication.
- the present invention solves this problem by providing a recess 200 in the form of at least one channel 700 and at least one reservoir 702 for storing said lubricant. For this, the previously described method is used.
- a pallet 602 comprises a main channel 700 connecting the leakage plane 602c to said rest plane 602b.
- the pallet 602 further comprises a recess 200 serving as a reservoir 702 located in the pallet 602 and communicating with the main channel 700.
- This reservoir 702 extends in a direction parallel to the leakage plane 602c and to the rest plane 602b and tends to move it away from pulse plane 602a.
- This tank 702 is sized to store all the necessary lubricant. During the operation of the exhaust, lubricant is, by capillarity, sucked into the main channel 700 to exit at the level of the rest plane 602b.
- the pallet 602 further comprises secondary channels 704 extending from said main channel 700 and opening on the pulse plane 602a horn visible in FIG. 19. These secondary channels 704 serve, therefore, to enable the lubrication of the impulse plane 602a, the lubrication of the exhaust being then improved.
- the presence of this reservoir to store all the lubricant directly in the pallet 602 overcomes the problem of ejection of the lubricant in case of impact.
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